Leslie Nemo

1 week ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Leslie Nemo

Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Urban tree-planting initiatives have spent years convincing residents that planting trees leads to cleaner air and cooler streets. Now these programs are scrambling to adapt as federal funds are slashed. Leaders warn the cuts could impact how many trees get planted as well as existing canopies’ long-term health.

3 weeks ago | asce.org | Leslie Nemo

By Leslie NemoThe building of Mountain Dell Dam for Salt Lake City helped John S. Eastwood prove an engineering concept — and himself. Eastwood was in a difficult spot when he visited Salt Lake City in 1915. He had lost most of his money when a business partnership failed in 1912. And a year later, another civil engineer had persuaded a client to drop Eastwood from a project.

1 month ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Leslie Nemo

Disasters have torn up or burned down entire neighborhoods on both coasts in recent months. Manufactured homes are often disproportionately hit by natural disasters. After Hurricane Helene, for example, a quarter of manufactured homes in North Carolina sat in counties that received a major disaster declaration, though the units only make up about 12% of housing in the state. Almost all new manufactured homes cost less than $250,000, compared with only about 25% of site-built homes.

2 months ago | wastedive.com | Leslie Nemo

The Biden administration’s Climate Corps program, which once stated it “put 15,000 young Americans to work” in multiple fields, including waste management, is over. However, many of the jobs remain ongoing. The Climate Corps was an umbrella term for certain service and conservation corps positions that were already operating and receiving funding, some for many years.

Jan 15, 2025 | wastedive.com | Leslie Nemo

States implementing packaging EPR programs are figuring out how to charge producers the necessary fees. Oregon is the only one so far that is using a common but sometimes contentious tool: life cycle assessments. According to draft implementation plans, these protocols for assessing the “cradle to grave” effects of a product might help decide how much the 25 largest producers in the state pay into the EPR program.